Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...presiding officer's invitation, he rose, and spoke for a few minutes in a quiet voice. He thanked his former colleagues for the luncheon and recalled the events of the day, in 1945, when he was notified that it was "necessary for me to assume a tremendous burden...
...have tried my level best to carry that burden in the interests of all the people of the country," he said, "and I hope that when the history of the period is written it will be said that the effort was not in vain...
Nevertheless the burden of the show still falls on the featured swimmers, particularly the drivers...
Legislation to enforce fair educational practices in Massachusetts' schools and colleges is unnecessary, unworkable, and "would put an intolerable burden on universities' admissions offices," Oscar M. Shaw '26, Counsel for the Corporation, told the General Court's Education Committee yesterday on behalf of Harvard University...
...double taxation on profits earned abroad by U.S. businessmen. But Brazilians should not expect-nor should they want-such foreign investments to supply any great proportion of their capital needs. Progress, said the report, "should, in the main, be financed with domestic funds. Only thus can an excessive future burden be avoided...